The Indigenous Student Services Centre is honoured to welcome Elder Beatrice Twance-Hynes, who is available to meet with students, staff, and faculty for individual or small group teachings.

Elder Beatrice is a member of Biigtigong Nishnaabeg First Nation. A traditional women’s dancer who crafts her own regalia, she also carries the grandmother pipe and serves as a sacred circle facilitator, songwriter, singer, and drummer. She generously shares teachings on Hand Drumming, the Medicine Wheel, Sacred Medicines, and the Seven Grandfather Teachings.  

You are invited to visit Elder Beatrice in the Elders Room, located in the Gakina Nindinawemaaganag Lounge (UC1007).

Thursday, February 12th - 1:30 pm to 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, February 24th - 12 pm to 4 pm

Wednesday, February 25th - 12 pm to 4 pm

Join us for a virtual talk with Vicki M. R. Monague on February 23, 2026.

Register at the following link:

https://lakeheadu.zoom.us/meeting/register/iJTSZZPTTKSLrFsIRZ7JLA

 The Anishinaabe Celestial Sphere program, developed in partnership with McMaster University William McCallum Planetarium, is an educational program that is grounded in Anishinaabe ethnoastronomy, language and cosmology. The program brings together Indigenous knowledge systems and contemporary astronomical science to support place-based, land-informed learning that reflects Anishinaabe relationships to the sky and constellations, the seasons, and the natural world. Through immersive, story-based and experiential pedagogical approaches, participants engage with Anishinaabe star knowledge as a living system of teachings that conveys moral responsibility, ecological stewardship, and collective memory.

About the Speaker

Vicki M. R. Monague, M.Ed, Mzhakdokwe is an Boodewadami-Ojibwe educator, activist, entrepreneur and mother of three from Beausoleil First Nation.

The Indigenous Student Services Centre is honoured to welcome Elder Beatrice Twance-Hynes, who is available to meet with students, staff, and faculty for individual or small group teachings.

Elder Beatrice is a member of Biigtigong Nishnaabeg First Nation. A traditional women’s dancer who crafts her own regalia, she also carries the grandmother pipe and serves as a sacred circle facilitator, songwriter, singer, and drummer. She generously shares teachings on Hand Drumming, the Medicine Wheel, Sacred Medicines, and the Seven Grandfather Teachings.  

You are invited to visit Elder Beatrice in the Elders Room, located in the Gakina Nindinawemaaganag Lounge (UC1007).

Wednesday, March 11th - 12 pm to 4 pm

Tuesday, March 24th - 12 pm to 4 pm

Wednesday, March 25th - 12 pm to 4 pm

Medicine Wheel Teachings with Elder Beatrice Twance-Hynes

Monday, February 2nd, 2026

12 pm to 1 pm - Gakina Nindinawemaaganag - UC1007A

Elder Beatrice Twance-Hynes will share teachings from the Medicine Wheel with us, exploring balance, interconnectedness, and the cycles of life. Through the four parts of the circle—mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual—we will reflect on how these teachings connect to the four directions, seasons, and elements, and how we can apply them in our own lives to support well-being and harmony.

Everyone Welcome!